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News and stuff... 27 October 2009
I sat in screen 1 of the EMPIRE Cinema, just pretty stoked to see 'Blokes' on a big screen, with 100 or so other competition finalists, actors, Directors, judges, festival organisers and sponsors. We watched all ten of the competition finalists and I can assure you the benchmark was set extremely high from the moment the first film hit the screen! Blokes was fifth up and looked great on the big screen, thanks to the talents of animator Mat Frodsham, who created the images in HD. 21 October 2009 Please take a moment to check out Sad Panda Clothing as they have been kind enough to send me free stuff! The company supports skateboarding, extreme sports and is now supporting/sponsoring your honourable skater poet... me! So you will see me wearing a number of items looking similar to the one I’m wearing on the right. Thanks to Rich Beaumont for the photo! Please check out there MySpace and online shop. 07 October 2009
Your final chance to see ‘Blokes’ on the big screen will be on the Friday as part of the ‘Competition Cut’ screening, we’ll also find out if we’ll be walking away with one of the festivals converted awards! 01 October 2009 15 September 2009 I know it’s been a while, all my fault of course! Just a couple of things of note in between hosting Oral Cabaret and a number of gigs here and there for RRRANTS. SLAM IDOL show number 282 was released today and features an oldie by me. Think Simon wanted to release a show as he gets ready to start the next SLAM IDOL video competition. The video for the poem ‘Blokes’ will be in the running and as a previous winner I would like to keep a clean sheet, so I’ll be calling on you all again to vote! Talking of ‘Blokes’; the video has been submitted for the ‘Short Cuts Film Festival’, which happens at the end of October. I should know soon whether it has been accepted, fingers crossed! 1 August 2009 Just a quick update, currently working on a new video "Invaders Must die" should be filmed in September and will hopefully out in the world not long after! I'm also being interviewed by Slaine Montmont of BackaYard Radio on Sunday the 9th of August from 7pm! Surf in and check it out at www.backayardradio.com/ 15 June 2009 Finally my book DEMO TAPE is now available from AMAZON.CO.UK for all you UK poetry fans and on AMAZON.COM for US residents! If you buy a copy from AMAZON please don't forget to leave a review. Thank you. 05 May 2009
The book launch was well attended with nearly everyone who was invited making the night. After a few drinks i took the stage to introduce the book and eventually after a few poems premier the new video. The night was a huge success and keep your eyes peeled for a write up in the Gazette this week. Sunday was the Lazy Gramophone Festival and my first official public outing with the book. Managed to sell a few more copies and the feedback has been very positive. Many people have asked when the next one will be out!!! Need to plug this one first! Sunday I was having some promo shots done by Kati Jackson who not only is an old friend of mine (well i new her man first) but is also a great photographer! CHeck out the photo above. Her shots will be appearing slowly but surely over the next few months as I promote the book. If you like the shots and want to hire her, give her a shout on email kati@nappysnaps.com Check out the new video on my official YouTube Channel - matlloydpoet. 22 April 2009 For all those local to my home town, Two Inches is featured in the leisure section of today's Gazette. My book "DEMO TAPE" get a mention too, yes the book is finally on its way! 17 April 2009 Funny mail from the people over at TrueTube today asking whether it would be ok to stick my face on the side of a Van? "The side of a van?" I hear you ask. Yes the side of a van! Ok it's not as crazy as it sounds, I will be one of many face on the side of the TrueTube van. For those of you who remember surf over to TrueTube and check out the interview they did with me last year!
08 March 2009 As I mentioned there's quite a few things in the pipeline. First there's my next official video, which happened by shear chance but is all thanks to Matthew Frodsham who is in his words "a graphic designer/motion designer from Warrington with the usual amount of 'too much' work" He currently works for two studios in Liverpool and is working on finishing his degree! Check out some of his work on his Vimeo page. It is currently taking an hour to animate a second of the poem, should be ready by May!
Also coming is a video for "2Inches2aBeat" / "Two Inches to the Right", more info coming soon and of course dropping in April is the much hinted at "Demo Tape", I will reveal all soon! 07 February 2009
Please visit DJ Redins Official MySpace and give him some love @ http://www.myspace.com/djredindnb. I also have to give thanks to Vitor Fiacadori, an 18 years old, Art & Communication student from São Paulo, Brazil who took the photo for the cover. His friends say he's a collector of hobbies, who plays videogames, bass guitar and yoyos apart from taking photography. So surf on over, and check out the rest of his skills @ http://www.myspace.com/vitorfiacadori. Download it, enjoy it, log into MySpace and give me your opinion. 24 January 2009
Two DJ's from BBC Cambridge hosted the show and it recieved some good coverage on the BBC Cambridge website. 07 January 2009
The next one is in the new year on the 28th of January with headliner Jude Simpson performing as part of the Poetry Live Tour. You can book tickets for Oral Cabaret by contacting the Malting Arts Theatre direct on 01727 844222, tickets are just £5. 01 January 2009
I don’t have a lot of details as yet but here’s what I do know: Poets: Dockers MC and Mat Lloyd Musicians: Tom Anderson, Why Whiskey Why? (the very exciting headline is to be confirmed shortly) Speakers (ten minute talks): the head of illustration for the cambridge school of illustration, a cambridge fashion designer currently working for Vivien Westwood. Open Gallaries for a gander and walking actors, plus drinks and snacks in the cafe. Beat the credit crunch, this event is FREE! Keep checking the MySpace for up to date information: myspace.com/verveatthefitz 17 December 2008 Discipline Skateboards put out a short video documenting a recent weekend get together. I get a very brief bit of screen time so check it out, nothing too professional, but it was a lot of fun putting it together. You can check out more about Discipline Skateboards on their official website; www.DisciplineSkateboards.com 27 November 2008 After supporting Elvis McGonagal as part of the ‘Poetry Link’ tour and also on the opening night of The Malting Arts Theatre’s ‘Oral Cabaret’, I was asked if I wanted to be the host of the latter on a regular basis. I tend to shy away from any regular commitments that might get in the way of gigs but; it’s local, it’s only once a month, it’s bringing spoken word to Hertfordshire and to top it off I get paid! Well last night was my first night as host and I was a little nervous. The crowd was small but very responsive, the support was great and the headline act was ‘Excentral Tempest’, and if you’ve seen Kate before you’ll know she’s incredible. I did a few of my own but also a couple by other poets to give the crowd a nice selection. The next one is in the new year on the 28th of January with headliner Jude Simpson performing as part of the Poetry Live Tour. You can book tickets for Oral Cabaret by contacting the Malting Arts Theatre direct on 01727 844222, tickets are just £5. 15 November 2008
"AfroCentriQ-city is the theme of the evening. As a curator I thought it wise to go on an anthropological journey exploring not just origins (Cuz personally I'm tired of performing for Black History month, in the sense that I not only wish to dwell on Black History, but wanna look into Black Future... if it makes sense)but explore our present state of being and how we work well with one another, irrespective of origin or believe, That way together we can better advance." Sounds like it's going to be an interesting night! Get your butts down to Kingston and come see! 06 October 2008 A small article appeared in this weeks Gazette covering the recent Oral Cabaret in St. Albans. I was also interviewed on the night by the Gazettes Abeena Baily organised to film the show and has posted the interview online. Click HERE to read the article and follow the link for the interview, it also contains excerpts from my performance supporting Elvis McGonagall. 01 October 2008
Come check out Elvis and myself on the final stop on the tour at the Maltings Arts Theatre in St. Albans! 15 September 2008
So Rosanne and Keira, a couple of the people behind True Tube, dragged their cameras down to Hemel to spend an hour or two interviewing me. I had previously met Keira at Camp Bestival where she told me a little about True Tube and what it was about. Click on the True Tube logo and go and check it out. Think of it as YouTube without all the crap! The first film should be up late this month and I'll be sure to mail the world when it appears. 19 July 2008
"Bestival launch a new sister festival - Camp Bestival - from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th July 2008, for 10,000 people at Lulworth Castle, set against the backdrop of England's dramatic Jurassic coastline in Dorset. Camp Bestival is all about bringing back the British Holiday Camp... Bestival style! A place where Hi de Hi camping capers meet the spirit of early festivals and as well as entertainment, comedy, and literature. There's a wealth of musical talent with a line-up which includes headliners Chuck Berry on Friday, The Flaming Lips on Saturday, and Kate Nash on Sunday. Other live acts include Hercules And Love Affair, The Imagined Village (audio-visual history of British folk music with live supergroup featuring Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra and Chris Wood), Suzanne Vega, Black Kids, dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Florence and the Machine and top DJs including Andrew Wetherall, DJ Yoda, Gilles Peterson, Queens of Noize and many more. Click here for the line-up details to-date. The comedy line-up includes Roy Walker's 'Catchphrase', Andrew Maxwell presents 'Full Mooners', The Pros From Dover, Phil Nichol, Glenn Wool, Craig Campbell, Jason John Whitehead, Andy Askins, Adam Bloom, Sol Bernstein, Pete Cain, Susan Murray, Jonathan Mayor, John Fothergill, David Hadingham, Jeff Innocent, Carl Donnelly and more. Spoken Word comes from Scroobius Pip Presents… Polar Bear, Poem Inbetween People, Peggy Sue & The Pirates, Gideon Conn, Kate Tempest, Mat Lloyd, AF Harold, John Berkavitch, Riz MC, and Ventriloquist. Literature at Camp Bestival includes Howard Marks, Richard Milward, Tom Hodgkinson, Joe Stretch, Gautam Malkani, Sebastian Horsley, Henry Hemming, Edward Docx, Marie Phillips, Nigel Spriggs/Daniel Clay, Tom Leveritt, Book Slam - Ben Mellor, Salena Godden, Sophie Woolley & Tawiah, Michael Smith, Nicholas Hogg, Andy & Dave Hamilton, Damian Barr, Gabriela Blandy, and Ross Raisin. There are now a limited number of day tickets available. They are priced at £45 for an adult ticket, or £22.50 for a child (aged 13 to 15 on 18/07/2008). Weekend tickets are on sale, priced at £120 for an adult, £60 for a child weekend ticket, with children under-12 free (but require a ticket), and campervans cost £50 per vehicle." 12 April 2008
International PEN - Insulting Cabaret Webpage A Little about International PEN (from their website): 'In time of division between countries, International PEN is one of the rare institutions to keep a bridge constantly open' Mario Vargas Llosa Originally founded in 1921 to promote literature, today International PEN has 145 Centres in 104 countries across the globe. It recognises that literature is essential to understanding and engaging with other worlds; if you can't hear the voice of another culture how can you understand it? Our primary goal is to engage with, and empower, societies and communities across cultures and languages, through reading and writing. We believe that writers can play a crucial role in changing and developing civil society. We do this through the promotion of literature, international campaigning on issues such as translation and freedom of expression and improving access to literature at international, regional and national levels. 08th March 2008 It's currently entered in Legendary Film Director George Romero's 'Diary of the Dead' competition so be shore to click the thumbs up and help my friends get there movie on the DVD extras of Romero's movie when it's theatrical release has comes to an end. 12th February 2008 Well my usual quite end to the year wasn't so. The Tate Modern gig was huge and the feedback was great. Considering I'd been hired as a filler the reaction was incredible. Over 450 people in the crowd and a reported 700 turned up! I've been confirmed for Bestival this year to do a little spoken word along side Mr. Scroobius Pip and I'll also be doing Lazy Gramophones Festival in London. I am currently working on a short zombie film that will feature my poetry and a little acting by me too. Keep your eyes on Ill Advised web site for more info. I will also be featured in the Hemel Skates "One Decade" Documentary which should be out later this year! 2008 is shaping up although I won't be doing my first gig until the beginning of March. 20th November 2007 Vote for for my second official video release, 'This Town' online in in the final web round of FameCast. If I can get into the top five I'll be flown to Austin Texas in the states to compete in a live television final! Visit www.FameCast.com/MatLloyd You can vote more than once. After you've signed up, don't forget to vote daily. Second Official Video Release, 'This Town' now on YouTube, please check it out and leave some feedback. 3rd November 2007 After making it into the top 25 I now need your vote to keep me in Americas FameCast Competition. Representing the UK I'm now through to the top 10 round. Please sign up and vote, they won't send you junk email and you can vote everyday! First; visit www.FameCast.com and sign up. Second; visit my entry on FameCast and vote, www.FameCast.com/MatLloyd 15th October 2007 Need your vote to keep me in Americas FameCast Competition. Representing the UK I'm through to the top 25 round. Please sign up and vote, they won't send you junk email and you can vote everyday! First; visit www.FameCast.com and sign up. Second; visit my entry on FameCast and vote, www.FameCast.com/MatLloyd 1st September 2007 Wow I'm very tired, and mainly from burning the candle at both ends. I have been working hard so I can afford to ferry myself back and forth from gig to gig and I'm knackered! I also have a bad case of writers block so need to have a break for a couple of months to write some new material. My final gig (for a few months) will be for Lazy Gramophone performing with Scroobius Pip on the 22nd September, check out the Gigs section for more details. Will post new material on my MySpace for you to check out! 30th July 2007
"Mat Lloyd write off-beat poems about real life" 29th July 2007 Thank you to everyone who voted for 'Suicide Note: Bank Manager Lament' in Slam Idol Podcast' contest 18, it won!!! Than you thank you thank you!!! Check out the final Podcast from the Competition at Contest 18. 14th July 2007
Check out more at DisciplineSkateboards.com 30th May 2007 "As Slam Idol Podcast Contest 18 gets underway your vote will be needed. This is a video slam poetry competition and 'Bank Manager Lament' is in the running! Please visit: http://slamidolpodcast.com/v3/contest18.html I believe the final entry will be added before voting starts!!! Press about the Slam Idol Podcast 'brief and routinely excellent' 'compellingly combines amateurishness and intelligence' The Sunday Times, May 28th, 2006. 2nd May 2007 Last night at the Old Fire Station theatre in Oxford a podium finish in the 2006/2007 Hammer and Tounge Grand Final. Randomly chosen judges put Mat in 3rd place at the end of the night although he should have won ;) 19th April 2007
16th April 2007 Mat was interviewed by the Editor of Hertfordshire Lifestyle magazine Abena Bailey earlier today. The topic is the 'Bank Manager Lament' video released late last month. Further details soon. 7th April 2007 Today Mat was finally interviewed and filmed for DONT MAGAZINE and DONT TV. The interview should appear in Issue four, out in the next couple of months.
Last night Mat made it through to the Hammer and Tongue Slam Final on the 1st of May. Winners of the seasons slams battle it out to be crowned Hammer and Tongue Slam Champion a title currently held by A. F. Harold for the last two years. 2nd April 2007 Official mailing list by popular demand is finally ready! 28th March 2007 Mat is to be interviewed for Dont Magazine and Dont TV will be airing the Bank Manager Lament video when the channel lau inches online. He has also been in talks with a senior figure at 'The Consumer Action Group' about adopting the video for the campaign! 26th March 2007 Suicide Note: Bank Manager Lament Video goes live on YouTube. Click here to view it:
25th March 2007 Mat is filming his first official video for the currently titled 'Poem for my Bank Manager'. He is working with Ill-Advised Films. 9th March 2007 MatLloyd.com is finally open!! Welcome to the new official home page of performance poet Mat Lloyd. The old web address VerseByM.co.uk no longer functions. Thanks for everyone's continuing support. |
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I have been asked to host the prestigious ‘
I have been asked to perform on the 24th of this month at ‘Verve’ in Cambridge which is being put on at Fitzwilliam College (part of the University of Cambridge). 
I will be the opening act for "Scroobius Pip Presents" on Saturday the 19th of July at this years Camp 
Performing for International PEN at the 'Free the Word Festival' on April the 12th at the National Theatre! More info about the night click here:
In todays London Paper I'm featured in their Star Turns section and they have a few kind words to say about me which includes this prize line;
Discipline Skateboards has finally launched (I'm not called the skater poet for nothing). After ten years at the helm of 
Mats video "Suicide Note: Bank Manager Lament", is currently the subject of an article in the Herald Express. A spokesperson for HSBC has stated "The poem is nothing like the way HSBC conducts itself. We do not accept our charges are unfair." Looks like HSBC is feeling a little hot under the collar. 
